Jets Leaving Their Hofstra Training Camp in 2008
Nassau News Staff Writer
After training camp is completed in August, the New York Jets will pack up and leave Hofstra University, where they have been for over 30 years, to move into new quarters in Florham Park, N.J.
Nassau News talked with local business leaders about how they will deal with the loss of the Jets.
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The New York Jets are leaving their training camp at Hofstra University, where they have been for over thirty years. The Jets are officially leaving after training season in 2008. This means that by September, the Jets will be in their new training facility in New Jersey, leaving local businesses in Hempstead nervous about how the move will negatively affect their businesses.
Antonio Iadevia, the general manager of Coliseum Caterers shed some insight to why he feels the Jets’ move is going to negatively affect his business.
“A sports franchise leaving a community is a huge deal," he told Nassau News. " An organization like the New York Jets creates curiosity for fans and the press. It brings people into a community and, as a byproduct, people bring money, and therefore, they spend it in those communities.”
Nick Koutoufors, an employee of Coliseum Motor Inn, also explained how its business thrives during the summer months, in particular August, when the Jets are well into their training season. He explained that the training camp attracts the press and fans from all over, who need a place to stay. “We’re gonna loose some money,” Koutoufors said.
Coliseum Caterers and the Coliseum Motor Inn are not the only two local businesses in Hempstead that are going to be affected by the move. Various industries will feel the impact of the Jet’s relocation, including restaurants, hotels, delis, convenience stores, mom and pop shops, and of course the local colleges, especially Hofstra University.
Related Links
To find out more information regarding the issue of the Jets leaving their training camp at Hofstra University, visit the links below:
- On the official website for the New York Jets, you can find a schedule for the Jets’ final training season at Hofstra University.
- Scout.com offers insider information to Jet’s fans about the new complex in Florham, N.J.
- Here’s a sample press release talking about the Jets, that Hofstra University sent out to the media to get press coverage for the university.
- A 2006, New York Times article discusses the feelings of people at Hofstra University, in regards to the Jets’ relocating their training camp.
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